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Originally Posted by kstew43

when my daughter had someone try to break into her apartment, but since she was home and heard her he fled, we saw just how easy it was to push in a door.

We found Door Jam Armor in Lowes. It was $90. You have it installed or just do it yourself, while metal strips go around the door jam, the door it self and around the handle of the doorknob and dead bolt. It included huge long inch screws, lots of them that went thru the metal plates.

It can clearly be seen from the outside warpping round the door knobs. we chose not to paint it the same as the door color so that prowlers will know it is inplace and might move on.

So far, so good. Here at our home, the previous owner was a cop and I suppose knew a little something more than the builder we are the only ones in the neighborhood who has doors that open out. Cannot be pushed in. Another way but much more expensive.

So for $90 and some installation time, Armor Jam could be a deterent for the bad guy to move on. Cheap and easy.

Sounds like a cheap alternative, to prevent breakins. Most people would see something like this, and go onto the next house, as it may require extra work to get inside.

"We need to be more careful of whoever, we open a door for".